I will never understand how EA went from the game company everyone knew and quoted with that “Its in the game!” slogan to a laughing stock and poster child of shitty studios.
EA has been shitty nearly forever, even when every game started with “Its in the game!” You probably just didn’t realize it because you were a kid, but they’ve been hacking out shitty games and shuttering great studios for decades. They were never a mark of quality, they were the mark on the games you could find in the bargain bin at Walmart.
I mean, EA has sucked for a very long time. They bought a bunch of game studios back in the day, gutted them, and shut them down, including Origin, the studio responsible for the Ultima series, whose name EA then used for their Steam wannabe. And they ended the era of competing sports franchises by convincing multiple leagues to give them exclusive licenses.
Sure, I’ll concede that in the beginning you get innovation but we’re not in that place now. They actively stifle it. Look at Hollywood, you don’t see mid budget movies anymore and nobody wants to take a risk on a creative endeavour if they can make X-Men 66.
You just have to look in the right place. The mid budget film became high-end TV shows on streaming services, which are allowed to innovate and experiment like crazy.
I will never understand how EA went from the game company everyone knew and quoted with that “Its in the game!” slogan to a laughing stock and poster child of shitty studios.
EA has been shitty nearly forever, even when every game started with “Its in the game!” You probably just didn’t realize it because you were a kid, but they’ve been hacking out shitty games and shuttering great studios for decades. They were never a mark of quality, they were the mark on the games you could find in the bargain bin at Walmart.
I mean, EA has sucked for a very long time. They bought a bunch of game studios back in the day, gutted them, and shut them down, including Origin, the studio responsible for the Ultima series, whose name EA then used for their Steam wannabe. And they ended the era of competing sports franchises by convincing multiple leagues to give them exclusive licenses.
I’m still pissed that they bought and shut down Westwood Studios.
That developer gave National Treasure Tim Curry the best line reading in history, and EA took away any chance he’d get to reprise the role:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=g1Sq1Nr58hM
Capitalism. It corrupts everything eventually.
Sure, I’ll concede that in the beginning you get innovation but we’re not in that place now. They actively stifle it. Look at Hollywood, you don’t see mid budget movies anymore and nobody wants to take a risk on a creative endeavour if they can make X-Men 66.
You just have to look in the right place. The mid budget film became high-end TV shows on streaming services, which are allowed to innovate and experiment like crazy.